SC Presentation

Presentation:

• Video: Sevren Suzuki, ECO [10 minutes]
• Theories of social change: Noble, T. (2000). Social theory and social change. [15 minutes]
  Six key issues for theories of change:
  a) The character of change
  1. Change is Endogenous vs. Exogenous.
  2. Change is Inevitable vs. Contingent. (e.g., The idea of progress vs. the rejection of metanarratives.
  b) The character of the social
  3. Sociological Realism (Structure) vs. Methodological Individualism (Agency).
  4. Materialism vs. Idealism
  c) The character of explanation
  5. Possible Objectivity (Science) vs. Inescapable Commitment (Idealogy).
  6. Rationalism vs. Empiricism.
• They Rule [10 minutes]
• Puzzle Activity [10 minutes]
• Video: Fourth World War [15 minutes]
• Different disciplines: Conceptualizing social change via an academic lens [10 minutes] [Issues]
  
• Oppressed Groups: Conceptualizing issues occurring on a larger scale [15 minutes] [Issues]
• Video: Response from Fox News [5 minutes]
• PDF: The Hourglass Map [10 minutes]
• Global Perspective -- this class should not be JUST for US -- because...
• Video: Paul Hawken[10 minutes]
• Questions?

Enduring questions:

• Has social change morphed into social justice?
• Is social change always positive?
• What is the relationship between social change and social movements?

Potential videos:

• Fourth World War

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Visual Artifacts:

• They RuleGraphically explore linkages between board members of major corporations in the United States. Excellent and free.
• Severen Suzuki Bio || Transcript [YouTube]
• The Coup

Readings for the Presentation:

• Domhoff, J. (2005). The four networks theory of power. Retrieved on September 5, 2008 from http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/theory/four_networks.html.
• Frones, O. (2007). "Theorizing indicators: On indicators, signs and trends." Social Indicators Research, (83). pp. 5–23.
• Harro, B. (2000). "The cycle of liberation." In M. Adams, W. J. Blumenfeld, R. Castaneda, H. W. Hackman, M. L. Peters, and X. Zuniga (Eds.). Reading for diversity and social justice (pp. 463-469). New York: Routledge. (handed out in class)
• Hawken, P. (2007). "Immunity." Blessed Unrest:How the largest movement in the world came into being. New York, NY: Penguin Group. [http://www.blessedunrest.com/] pp. 138-165. (handed out in class)
• Noble, T. (2000). Social theory and social change. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press.
• Yair, G. (2007). "Existential uncertianty and the will to conform: The expressive basis basis of coleman's rational choice paradigm." Sociology (41) 681. pp. 682-698.